Jack Kingston

For most of the summer, Republicans had it easy when it came to the Islamic State. All they had to do was complain that President Barack Obama wasn't tough enough, accuse him of lacking strategic vision and demand that he do more. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., both perennial hawks, accused Obama of "dithering" and urged him to launch airstrikes in both Iraq and Syria. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, not one to be outflanked on the right, said the United States should "bomb them back to the Stone Age." Even Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., known for his wariness of engagements abroad, called for "destroying the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria...

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